The Ekiti state government on Wednesday,
October 5, announced the commencement of
the implementation of its Social Welfare
Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state
Ten thousand beneficiaries under the scheme
who are already shortlisted, would receive
N5,000 each monthly.
Governor Ayo Fayose, who launched the
scheme, said beneficiaries cut across various
strata of the society, adding that the money
was being paid directly into the bank
accounts of the beneficiaries.
According to the governor, the programme
was designed to reduce the financial
challenges faced by the beneficiaries
He assured that in spite the current economic
downturn, his administration would still find
ways of helping the downtrodden to enable
them live in some level of comfort.
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Ekiti state governor said the beneficiaries cut
across the physically-challenged, albinos,
visually-impaired, the aged, among others.
No fewer than 6,000 beneficiaries had their
accounts credited with the money on
Wednesday, October 5, the kick-off date.
He explained that by directly crediting
accounts of beneficiaries, the state was
eliminating fraud and ensuring that the real
beneficiaries get the money.
In another development, Fayose has
commended the federal government and the
All Progressives Congress (APC) National
Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for aligning with
his position on the need to reintroduce
History in the school curriculum.
Governor Fayose, had early September,
directed that History be reintroduced in
schools in Ekiti State, noting that; “Ekiti
people must learn from past events to have a
better future.”
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